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Government Statistics > Time required to start a business > days (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Suriname: 694 days   2006 Time series
# 2   Guinea-Bissau: 233 days   2006 Time series
# 3   Haiti: 203 days   2006 Time series
# 4   Laos: 163 days   2006 Time series
# 5   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 155 days   2006 Time series
# 6   Brazil: 152 days   2006 Time series
# 7   São Tomé and Príncipe: 144 days   2006 Time series
# 8   Venezuela: 141 days   2006 Time series
# 9   Equatorial Guinea: 136 days   2006 Time series
# 10   Angola: 124 days   2006 Time series
# 11   Mozambique: 113 days   2006 Time series
# 12   Botswana: 108 days   2006 Time series
# 13   Indonesia: 97 days   2006 Time series
# 14   Zimbabwe: 96 days   2006 Time series
# 15   Namibia: 95 days   2006 Time series
# 16   East Timor: 92 days   2006 Time series
# 17   Cambodia: 86 days   2006 Time series
# 18   Mauritania: 82 days   2006 Time series
# 19   Ghana: 81 days   2006 Time series
= 20   Iraq: 77 days   2006 Time series
= 20   Costa Rica: 77 days   2006 Time series
# 22   Eritrea: 76 days   2006 Time series
# 23   Chad: 75 days   2006 Time series
# 24   Paraguay: 74 days   2006 Time series
= 25   Lesotho: 73 days   2006 Time series
= 25   Dominican Republic: 73 days   2006 Time series
# 27   Peru: 72 days   2006 Time series
# 28   Congo, Republic of the: 71 days   2006 Time series
# 29   Belarus: 69 days   2006 Time series
# 30   Tajikistan: 67 days   2006 Time series
# 31   Ecuador: 65 days   2006 Time series
= 32   United Arab Emirates: 63 days   2006 Time series
= 32   Yemen: 63 days   2006 Time series
# 34   Bhutan: 62 days   2006 Time series
# 35   Swaziland: 61 days   2006 Time series
= 36   Gabon: 60 days   2006 Time series
= 36   Slovenia: 60 days   2006 Time series
# 38   Senegal: 58 days   2006 Time series
# 39   Solomon Islands: 57 days   2006 Time series
# 40   Papua New Guinea: 56 days   2006 Time series
= 41   Kenya: 54 days   2006 Time series
= 41   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 54 days   2006 Time series
= 43   Togo: 53 days   2006 Time series
= 43   Azerbaijan: 53 days   2006 Time series
= 45   Grenada: 52 days   2006 Time series
= 45   Cape Verde: 52 days   2006 Time series
# 47   Serbia and Montenegro: 51 days   2004 Time series
= 48   Vietnam: 50 days   2006 Time series
= 48   Bolivia: 50 days   2006 Time series
= 48   Sri Lanka: 50 days   2006 Time series
# 51   Guinea: 49 days   2006 Time series
# 52   Philippines: 48 days   2006 Time series
= 53   Iran: 47 days   2006 Time series
= 53   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 47 days   2006 Time series
= 53   Spain: 47 days   2006 Time series
= 56   Fiji: 46 days   2006 Time series
= 56   Mauritius: 46 days   2006 Time series
= 56   Lebanon: 46 days   2006 Time series
= 56   Guyana: 46 days   2006 Time series
= 60   Côte d'Ivoire: 45 days   2006 Time series
= 60   Belize: 45 days   2006 Time series
= 60   Croatia: 45 days   2006 Time series
= 63   Colombia: 44 days   2006 Time series
= 63   Honduras: 44 days   2006 Time series
= 65   Syria: 43 days   2006 Time series
= 65   Burundi: 43 days   2006 Time series
= 65   Nigeria: 43 days   2006 Time series
= 65   Uruguay: 43 days   2006 Time series
= 65   Trinidad and Tobago: 43 days   2006 Time series
# 70   Mali: 42 days   2006 Time series
# 71   Saint Lucia: 40 days   2006 Time series
= 72   Sudan: 39 days   2006 Time series
= 72   Vanuatu: 39 days   2006 Time series
= 72   Albania: 39 days   2006 Time series
= 72   Saudi Arabia: 39 days   2006 Time series
= 72   Nicaragua: 39 days   2006 Time series
= 77   Greece: 38 days   2006 Time series
= 77   Hungary: 38 days   2006 Time series
= 77   Seychelles: 38 days   2006 Time series
= 80   Djibouti: 37 days   2006 Time series
= 80   Cameroon: 37 days   2006 Time series
= 80   Malawi: 37 days   2006 Time series
= 80   Bangladesh: 37 days   2006 Time series
= 84   Zambia: 35 days   2006 Time series
= 84   South Africa: 35 days   2006 Time series
= 84   Estonia: 35 days   2006 Time series
= 84   Kuwait: 35 days   2006 Time series
= 84   China: 35 days   2006 Time series
= 84   Samoa: 35 days   2006 Time series
= 84   India: 35 days   2006 Time series
= 91   Burkina Faso: 34 days   2006 Time series
= 91   Israel: 34 days   2006 Time series
= 91   Oman: 34 days   2006 Time series
= 94   Thailand: 33 days   2006 Time series
= 94   Ukraine: 33 days   2006 Time series
= 96   Argentina: 32 days   2006 Time series
= 96   Bulgaria: 32 days   2006 Time series
= 96   Tonga: 32 days   2006 Time series
= 99   Benin: 31 days   2006 Time series
= 99   Poland: 31 days   2006 Time series
= 99   Nepal: 31 days   2006 Time series
= 102   Malaysia: 30 days   2006 Time series
= 102   Uganda: 30 days   2006 Time series
= 102   Moldova: 30 days   2006 Time series
= 102   Guatemala: 30 days   2006 Time series
= 102   Tanzania: 30 days   2006 Time series
= 107   Austria: 29 days   2006 Time series
= 107   Uzbekistan: 29 days   2006 Time series
= 109   Palau: 28 days   2006 Time series
= 109   Russia: 28 days   2006 Time series
= 111   Mexico: 27 days   2006 Time series
= 111   Chile: 27 days   2006 Time series
= 111   Belgium: 27 days   2006 Time series
= 111   Gambia, The: 27 days   2006 Time series
= 115   El Salvador: 26 days   2006 Time series
= 115   Lithuania: 26 days   2006 Time series
= 115   Sierra Leone: 26 days   2006 Time series
# 118   Slovakia: 25 days   2006 Time series
= 119   Germany: 24 days   2006 Time series
= 119   Algeria: 24 days   2006 Time series
= 119   Czech Republic: 24 days   2006 Time series
= 119   Pakistan: 24 days   2006 Time series
= 119   Niger: 24 days   2006 Time series
= 119   Armenia: 24 days   2006 Time series
= 125   Comoros: 23 days   2006 Time series
= 125   Japan: 23 days   2006 Time series
# 127   Korea, South: 22 days   2006 Time series
= 128   Antigua and Barbuda: 21 days   2006 Time series
= 128   Kyrgyzstan: 21 days   2006 Time series
= 128   Kiribati: 21 days   2006 Time series
= 128   Madagascar: 21 days   2006 Time series
= 132   Mongolia: 20 days   2006 Time series
= 132   Switzerland: 20 days   2006 Time series
= 132   Kazakhstan: 20 days   2006 Time series
= 135   Panama: 19 days   2006 Time series
= 135   Dominica: 19 days   2006 Time series
= 135   Ireland: 19 days   2006 Time series
= 135   Egypt: 19 days   2006 Time series
= 139   Jordan: 18 days   2006 Time series
= 139   Macedonia, Republic of: 18 days   2006 Time series
= 139   United Kingdom: 18 days   2006 Time series
# 142   Marshall Islands: 17 days   2006 Time series
= 143   Latvia: 16 days   2006 Time series
= 143   Micronesia, Federated States of: 16 days   2006 Time series
= 143   Sweden: 16 days   2006 Time series
= 143   Georgia: 16 days   2006 Time series
= 143   Ethiopia: 16 days   2006 Time series
= 143   Rwanda: 16 days   2006 Time series
= 149   Central African Republic: 14 days   2006 Time series
= 149   Finland: 14 days   2006 Time series
= 151   Italy: 13 days   2006 Time series
= 151   Norway: 13 days   2006 Time series
= 151   Maldives: 13 days   2006 Time series
= 154   Morocco: 12 days   2006 Time series
= 154   New Zealand: 12 days   2006 Time series
= 154   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 12 days   2006 Time series
= 157   Hong Kong: 11 days   2006 Time series
= 157   Romania: 11 days   2006 Time series
= 157   Tunisia: 11 days   2006 Time series
# 160   Netherlands: 10 days   2006 Time series
# 161   Turkey: 9 days   2006 Time series
= 162   Portugal: 8 days   2006 Time series
= 162   Afghanistan: 8 days   2006 Time series
= 162   Jamaica: 8 days   2006 Time series
= 162   France: 8 days   2006 Time series
# 166   Puerto Rico: 7 days   2006 Time series
# 167   Singapore: 6 days   2006 Time series
= 168   Denmark: 5 days   2006 Time series
= 168   United States: 5 days   2006 Time series
= 168   Iceland: 5 days   2006 Time series
# 171   Canada: 3 days   2006 Time series
# 172   Australia: 2 days   2006 Time series
Weighted average: 47.8 days   



DEFINITION: Time required to start a business is the number of calendar days needed to complete the procedures to legally operate a business. If a procedure can be speeded up at additional cost, the fastest procedure, independent of cost, is chosen.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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